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Galangae, Galangal

ByAdam Tate

Galangae, Galangal, Gao Liang Jiang 高良姜 Gao Liang Jiang (‘High Mountain Ginger’) (TCM)Kulanjana (Ayurveda) Khulanjaan (Unani)Don gra  དོང་གྲ  (Tibet) GalangalParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Lesser Galangal, AlpinaIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Greater and Lesser Galangal rootHerbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 ALIPNA1. Annulate, wavy leaf bases or scars. 2. Simple rhizome. 3, Branched rhizome. 4, Transverse section of…

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Bezoar, Niu Huang, 牛黄

ByAdam Tate

Bezoar, Niu Huang 牛黄 Niu Huang (TCM)Gi Wam གི་ཝང༌  (Tibetan)Fad Zahar Madani, Hajr us Sam (Unani) Bezoar is a stone from the stomach of a quadraped. Classically, it was from the ‘Bezoar-Goat’, Capra aegagrus and related species. In the West, it was differentiated into Oriental (Eastern) and Occidental (Western) varieties, the former being regarded as…

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Ajuga, Bugle

ByAdam Tate

Ajuga, Bugle Consolida Media Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Botanical name: Ajuga reptens Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classifications: 2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD    2T. GLUTINATE3N. VULNERARY TCM:B. Clear Heat Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Swelling, Moves the Blood, Clears Poison:-Trauma, Bruising and all pains…

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Ziziphus, Jujube, Da Zao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Zizyphus, Jujube, Da Zao 大枣 Da Zao, Hong Zao (Red) (TCM)Unnab (Unani, Arabic) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 A Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Red Jujube Da Zao (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Ziziphus jujuba (syn. Z. vulgaris)There are a number of varieties: Sweet and Sour; Black and Red; Wild and Cultivated,…

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Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye FREE

ByAdam Tate

Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye 桑叶 Sang Ye (TCM）Sring Shing Lo Ma  སྲིང་ཤིང་ལོ་མ་མ་ (Tibet) Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, slightly Moist. Bitter, Sweet Classifications: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Heat Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat: -Fever, Cold, Flu, sore Throat-nasal obstruction,…

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Acacia, Gum Arabic PRO

ByAdam Tate

Acacia, Gum Arabic Egyptian ThornBabula (Ayurveda)Aqaqia (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Egyptian Acacia (left), Acacia of Dioscorides (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Flora Medica, Royal College of Physicians, 1829 Botanical name: Acacia arabicaModern sources of ‘Gum Arabic’, or ‘Acacia gum’ are varied:  1. Senegal Gum:, Hashab A. senegal  2. Suakin, Talca or Talha Gum: A. stenocarpa,…

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Chelidonium majus, Celandine PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chelidonium majus, Celandine Also called Hirundinaria or Swallow-wortBai Qu Hai (TCM)Stong ri zil pa  སྟོང་རི་ཟིལ་པ་ (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Chelidonium majus Parts used: Whole plant in flower; Root Temperature & Taste: Cold (classed as Warm), dry. Bitter,…

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Sphaeranthus, Mundi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sphaeranthus, Mundi East Indian Globe Thistle Mundi (Ayurveda)Mundi, Gorakh Mundi (Unani)Kottakarthai (Siddha)Rong Mao Dai Xing Cao (TCM) Sphaeranthus indicusK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918) Sphaeranthus indicus(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sphaeranthus spp.  1. S. indicus (syn. S. senegalensis, S. hirtus)Also reportedly used are:  2. S. amaranthoides  3. S. africanus Parts used: Leaf…

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Bistorta, Bistort PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bistorta, Bistort Also called Snakeweed, Snake-root; Columbrina, Serpentaria, Serpentaria vulgaris, DracunculusQuan Shen  拳参 (TCM)Gla sgang  གླ་སྒང༌  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Hortus Medicus, Graves, 1834 Bistort rootNotes on Pharmacognosy,Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Bistort rootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica, Maisch, 1882 Botanical name: Polygonum bistorta (syn. Persicaria bistorta) (West, TCM)P. viviparum is also used as…

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Zedoaria, Zedoary FREE

ByAdam Tate

Zedoaria, Zedoary, E Zhu 莪术 E Zhu (TCM)Karchura (Ayurveda)Kachuri (Unani) Above: Long and Round ZedoaryParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Left: Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 ZEDOARY1, Large transverse section of the rhizome. 2. Longitudinal section of the rhizome. 3. Top of the rhizomeshowing concentric leaf scars. 4. Cross-section showing sunken tissue inside endodermis.5….

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Saussurea involucrata, Snow Lotus, Xue Lian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Saussurea involucrata, Snow Lotus, Xue Lian 雪莲 Snow LotusBry Rgod Sug Pa (S. medusa, Tibet)Xue Lian, Tian Shan Xue Lian (S. involucrata) (TCM)Mian Tou Xue Tu Zi  绵头雪兔子 (S. laniceps) (TCM)Shui Mu Xue Tu Zi 水母雪兔子 (S. medusa) (TCM) Saussurea gossypiphoraHoutte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 15 (1845) Saussurea…

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Cicer, Chickpea FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cicer, Chickpea GarbanzoChana (Unani) CicerDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Red and White Cicer   Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cicer arietinumWhite, Red, Grey and Black Garden varieties were used; Wild and Garden varieties were also differentiated, the Wild being far stronger. Parts used:…

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